The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

Director Zheng's first wife, still terrified, continued, "Old Zheng, are you saying your side is empty too?"

"Yes, even the secret room is empty."

There's nothing left.

"Did you go check on the living room outside, and our son's bedroom?"

"I haven't gone there yet, I came to your room first."

I'll take you there in a bit. If your son's bedroom and the things in the living room are also gone, don't make a fuss. If the maids and your sons ask, just say that you arranged for someone to take care of them in the middle of the night and that you'll replace them with new ones later.

Tell them to shut up and not to tell anyone.

Don't let the guards outside know either.

If it's just that our things are gone from our two rooms, then don't make a fuss.

Just don't let anyone into our room for the next few days.

"We can just buy a few new pieces of furniture later."

Director Zheng's wife was very distressed about her jewelry and money. She grabbed Director Zheng's arm and said, "Old Zheng, we've worked so hard to save up so much money. You have so many capable people under you now. Can't you catch the other party and make them spit out their money?"

That's what we've saved up our whole lives.

Director Zheng covered the other person's mouth again and grabbed the other person's neck with one hand: "Keep your voice down. If the money is gone, as long as I can keep my position, I can get it back quickly, right?"

If I were to provoke such a powerful person, do you think my whole family would still be alive?

Be honest, you should be grateful they didn't kill us outright.

Don't worry about those material possessions; as long as I don't fall, I'll be able to get them back soon.

"Calm down a bit, I'll take you to see the other rooms, understand?"

Director Zheng asked sternly.

Madam Zheng, having lived through the war years, finally understood.

She quickly blinked and nodded.

Director Zheng then released his grip.

Madam Zheng took a few breaths to calm herself down.

It felt like Old Zheng was about to strangle me.

Director Zheng and his wife went to check the other rooms on the third floor.

These rooms are alright; nothing was stolen.

He went down to the second floor, where his children were sleeping.

There were no problems with the rooms either; the children were all asleep.

What frightened Director Zheng was that nothing was missing from the room.

However, a red mark was found on each of the children's necks.

It was done with a woman's lipstick.

When Director Zheng's wife saw these red marks, she almost burst into tears.

However, he breathed a sigh of relief after checking on his sleeping children.

They were both sound asleep.

Thank goodness.

No wonder that person said before leaving that if he didn't believe in his abilities, he could get up and take a look.

What's there to doubt?

Director Zheng asked his wife to wash a wet towel.

Tell her to wipe away all the marks on the child's neck.

Don't let them see this tomorrow.

He went down to the first floor himself.

Nothing was stolen from the living room on the first floor.

However, he found a bomb under the living room table.

There was also a note stuck on it.

The text on the slips of paper was cut out from newspapers.

The text above reads: "Those who do not cooperate will have their entire family blown up."

Director Zheng plopped down on the ground.

He was also holding a bomb without a fuse in his arms.

If they don't cooperate, I might just blow up my whole family while we're having dinner together.

This small building, along with everything else, might also be blown up.

This person is terrifying.

Director Zheng understood and dared not refuse to cooperate.

Cooperation is essential.

He put the explosive pack under the table again.

After calming down, he called in one of the patrol captains outside.

Tell him to call in the people on duty tonight one by one in turn.

He didn't see any lying in the eyes of these guards.

He himself had been a spy for decades, and these guards were not professional spies, but just skilled soldiers.

Couldn't he tell at a glance if someone was lying?

But all of them said that nothing unusual happened tonight.

Either all of these people are lying, or the other side is too powerful.

He took so many of his belongings without letting these people notice at all.

That would be terrible.

Director Zheng dared not offer the slightest resistance.

He dared not send his family away.

Because there are many people outside who want to harm his family.

He also dared not send his family abroad.

The moment he sent him away, someone would investigate him.

The old man would definitely think he was going to flee to escape punishment.

Even though he holds a high position, he doesn't have that much freedom.

It's a special department, how could they let him send off his family and continue his official career without any ties?

Meanwhile, Yang Dalin also went to the home of Deputy Director Yang, Director Zheng's deputy.

Yang Dalin and Deputy Director Yang said the same thing.

He would never allow Director Zheng to lose his rival and seize all power.

That could cause even greater harm to the country.

Only by undermining each other and engaging in internal strife can the interests of the mainland be guaranteed.

If this deputy director is really removed, then Director Zheng will have no rivals, and that won't be fun anymore.

If mistakes are going to happen, let them happen together; at least the old man won't be paralyzed on one side.

Both of them will likely be punished, but neither will be dismissed.

This way, the two can continue to fight amongst themselves.

Similarly, Yang Dalin also looted almost all the valuables in the secret room of Deputy Director Yang's home.

After leaving Deputy Director Yang's house, Yang Dalin went to Director Ye's house in the Intelligence Bureau.

Director Ye is clearly much more cunning and shrewd than Director Zheng.

There aren't many things in the house; they're probably hidden somewhere else.

However, after Yang Dalin roasted him with fire and knocked off some of his hair, he confessed everything.

They also indicated they would fully cooperate.

He also confessed that he was just a bureau chief and not responsible for specific matters. There was another person in his bureau personally appointed by an old man, Guo Tongzhen, now known as Gu Zhengwen, who is currently the director of the bureau's inspection office.

Upon hearing the name, Yang Dalin remembered. He had watched the TV series that portrayed General Wu before coming here.

Gu Zhengwen, isn't this the big spy who's targeting General Wu?

Yang Dalin also checked the other party's information and learned that he was a graduate of the prestigious Yenching University. He thought that if a highly educated person like that turned bad, he would be even more heartless.

Like that guy surnamed Zhang, he also went to this university.

When it comes to killing, his men are incredibly ruthless.

These scholars are worse than dog butchers.

The more cultured someone is, the more ruthless they become.

The former "Director" was once a battalion commander under a certain marshal.

He was the mastermind behind the bombing of the planes that destroyed Hong Kong Island.

He actually lived to a ripe old age and died a year before the Beijing Olympics.

Now that Yang Dalin is back, will he let him off the hook?

They must be killed.

We can't let the other party die easily.

Only by tearing him to pieces can his hatred be appeased.

But let's get the list of Old Ghost and some other top spies first.

Yang Dalin certainly wouldn't just have a list of names for Old Ghost, the spy alone.

Now that he's here, he'll probably ask for more top-secret lists of spies.

Just insert Lao Gui's name in there.

The other two deputy directors of the intelligence bureau appear to have been personally promoted by Director Ye.

Unfortunately, when someone is promoted to deputy director, who wouldn't want to replace the director?

Both of them have their own ulterior motives.

This is quite normal in officialdom.

Upon hearing that they were to provide information on spies to frame their superiors, they readily agreed, faced with Yang Dalin's absolute power.

I promise we will cooperate well.